I Looked out of the Window and saw....

Snow!! and it is the 11th March!.No wonder the poor little daffodils are late this year. Mother's Day yesterday and usually they are well out for that, but not this year. We looked out of the window just a bit before and there was a blizzardy snow coming down which wass sticking, but now fifteen minutes later the sun is shining and the snow has stopped. The back garden looks quite wintry.
We had to go over the road to the GP,s surgery for an appointment with the nurse to have my blood pressure taken. The on call Dr who came out a week ago was concerned that it was a bit low so he told me to stop the blood pressure medication and get it checked. Seems it is still a bit low, so the nurse ssaid to keep off the Amlodopine and go back next week at 10.30.   Vin had really nicely wrapped the two boxes of biscuits and the tin of biscuits for the District Nurses  who are based in Thornton and I had written a thankyou card, so after we had been to the surgery we decided to go there to take them, which we did. I left them in reception so hope they get them ok.
Came back and went via the ladygreen nurseries to get our free coffees for the month. It was really quiet there today, suppose they were heaving yesterday for the Mother's Day. 
It is so lovely to go out for a nice coffee and chat without having to go near a bathroom all the time. Thank goodness the NHS sorted me out, I have a lot to be grateful to the colo/rectal team at Aintree for.
Tonight we are having:
Pizza like last night with mushrooms pineapple and cheese,
Salad with baby plum tomatoes and avocado
Potato salad for moi and celery fruit and nut for Vin.

Out we Go!

very busy everywhere because it is Mother's Day weekend. I would have liked to have gone to M&S in Aintree, but that was out, it would have been heaving and you wouldn't have got near the coffee shop I'm sure. We'll go next week when it is quieter. So we went off to Dobbies. I always call it Dobbles because the i looks like an l to moi.  Very busy there too, but it is such a big place everyone is spread out., they are currently running all sorts of offers there so I expect that was why. We had a bit of a look round, Vin wanted to get some tealights which were on offer and I wanted a look for something for the District nurses, who have nearly finished with me now. At least the ones in Thornton have. Wanted to get them some biscuits and a tin but didn't see a tin I liked.
So we went and had our coffee. Not free ones today because Vin had a coupon from the post for a buy one get one free so he bought them today. Thankyou sweetheart! Lovely cup of filter coffee and he had a latte, and a nice shortbread.  Cafe part was quite busy today, much more than normal. Vin spotted some little boys filling their pockets with something and then climbing up the outdoor slide and throwing gravel down the slide. Boys will be boys I suppose. By the time they progressed to a rock their mum had spotted them and told them to go and put it back. little imps.
Had a bit more of a mooch round after that. Vin got his tealights and then in the food hall he spied a nice round tin of deans sghortbreads so we got that with two "refill" boxes for the Nurses so I was happy with that. All we need now is a nice thankyou card and some wrapping paper and sorted! great, they can use them for their meetings.
Home for lunch, one phone call missed probably jane on her way to work, and not much post.
Tonight we are having;Pasties from Waitrose
A few beggies to go with,
Rice puddings from Waitrose.

Another Day In..

I had an appointment..yes another one! for a phone call from a Dr from our surgery this morning at 11.15. So, couldn't really go anywhere. I had to ring the surgery at 11.15 so I did a few minutes later to be told that  he was with his last patient and leave it about fifteen minutes. Anyway he rang me at around twenty to twelve to say that the results of my blood test from the diabetic clinic showed a higher cholesterol level than they liked so try increasing the tablet I was on for that by double. Oooh what a pain! that is the bumbling person from the clinic that I saw last Monday...least said about that visit the better!!
While i was waiting for the phone call I started doing the pile of ironing that was looking at me..all the bedding from yesterday, and a pile of clothing also. Very boring but has to be done. Wonder how we used to manage before I retired?
Vin went off to Waitrose to get some veggies because we had niothing on the shelf/veg rack. Last night we ended up with a simple pasta bake which was very tasty in the end, actually. He got the pasties for tomorrow and some egg peaching pouches too for moi to try. I love a poached egg and have great difficulty getting them right without the yolk becoming too hard. These are like little tea bags for want of a better description, and you are supposed to get the perfect poached egg.
Very cloudy and overcast today, not a nice day at all actually, not like the beginning of the week.  Nowhere to go tomorrow so maybe a gentle little outing somewhere. Vin says we haven't had a coffee out this week which is true. We are slipping!!
Tonight we are having:
Escalope with gruyere cheese
Mixed vegetables with a mushroom sauce
Potato Croquettes

Hope This Works!

Yesterday I had no end of trouble with this site. Kept going off and I kept losing the post. Got about half of it completed eventually then gave up the ghost.Just couldn't be bothered doing any more. Hope todays goes better.
In house day today. Didn't have to go anywhere  and we had to stay in for a coal delivery. Possibly the last of the Winter. £74 for four bags, but it is our main fuel. Heats the few radiators we have and the hot water in the evening so a good method of heating. Plus it looks nice too. Did the bedding today too so nice new egyptian cotton bedding on now. So, the tumble dryer and the washing machine has been going pretty much all day, bit noisy they are too.
Not been a particularly nice day, rather overcast andgrey, looks a bit like rain but nothing materialised.  Two deliveries today, one a QVC for moi..and another for our next door neighbour. At least us taking it in saves her having to go to the post office in Formby which is a pain.
Finished my antibiotics today so hope the kidney infection has cleared up, sample to the GPs tomorrow. The Dr is ringing me tomorrow also, something that has cropped up from the blood test when I went to the Diabetic clinic on the 28th feb. Grrr that man!!
Tonight we are having:
No idea!!
Something from the freezer obviously, we shall have to see what there is.
Will report back on this tomorrow.

Trials and Tribulations!

Not been on for a few days. Been a bit under the weather. Started Saturday with shivers and being cold then Sunday night got quite bad. Vin rang the NHS direct answered a lot of questions then they got in touch with the out of hours Dr from the GPs surgery. he came out poor man at 1o'clock did some tests and diagnosed a kidney infection. So he left some antibiotics which seem to be doing the trick.
Poor Vin didn't get any sleep then because he said he was watching me Bless him. What a star. he slept well last night to make up for it though. Till I tripped up going to the bathroom and went flying. What a Dumbo!
Antibiotics working today (Tuesday) but Bert the Spurt is working well too. Too much in fact...too much information this is.
Went to Formby clinic to the treatment room to get my dressing done. very nice nurse and the wound is pretty much healed now so didn't need packing and she put a very small dressing on.
Went to Tesco to get some petrol,

Grrr..

This site is driving me mad today. Keeps going off then I can't get it back so this is a continuation f the last one. Part two in fact.
Tonight we are having:
Rice and macaroni cheese
garlic bread for Vin and
Maybe some sweetcorn.

My last Visit...

From the District nurses today. Two came this morning one the proper one and one a student. They did my dressing, at least the student did very well, the the one in charge said that i could probably go to one of the "treatment" rooms that they have in a variety of clinicsin the area. Maghull, Waterloo Formby etc., so I said that the Formby one would be good since it is only ten minutes up the road. So she rang them up and i have an appointment for five past two on Tuesday. The advantage of that is that we know the time instead of waiting around, and also it means I am off their lists too, which is good for them. These women have been really good actually. Since the first one came on New Years Day to take out my staples they have been regular visitors ever since and it is March the first today. They started with daily visits for a few weeks, then every other day for a few weeks, then twice a week, and now I am off to the treatment rooms in Formby. Good progress eh!
My other bit of news today was that I got a letter from America this morning. I had corresponded with a woman who was in Fazackerley hospital at the same time that I was having Jane, and we had kept in touch. Latterly it had been news in a note or letter at Christmas, but it was nice to hear how her daughter was getting on. Anyhow today's letter brought the sad news that she had died, very suddenly really from Pancreatic cancer in August 2011.  it sounded extremely quick only a few months from diagnosis to her passing. her husband and family must be devastated. It's a terrible disease, and that is one of the worst types. What a shock for them.R.I.P. Eileen XXX
Vin went off to tesco as soon as the nurses had been this morning, and came back quite quickly with the things for the weekend. Great shopper he is now. he is good at getting the best value. Well done Vin XX
Tonight we are having:
Fishless fingers
Chips 200 grms
 Mushy peas for vin and green beans for moi
tartare sauce.